Are you looking for what to stream in February 2020? This edition of the Streamer's Guide will prepare you for this month's theatrical releases.
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The story of Peter Pan is wildly reminagined in Wendy, a new film from the director of Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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Eight years after the release of Beasts of the Southern Wild, director Benh Zeitlin returns with a Peter Pan reimagining in the Wendy first look images.
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From frame one of Benh Zeitlin's debut feature Beasts of the Southern Wild, it was obvious this was the work of a rising auteur. The entire film was filled with visuals, choices and performances unlike anything audiences had seen before. A whole new world, built one an impressive low budget scale. Beasts went on to…
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In each year, there are a handful of smaller films that come seemingly out of nowhere to blow everyone away and achieve box office success. One such title from the current crop of festival hits is the bayou-set fantasy Beasts of the Southern Wild, which garnered raves at Sundance and hasn't stopped raking in the compliments…
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The most striking film of the summer is Benh Zeitlin's first feature Beasts of the Southern Wild. The movie follows a young girl, Hushpuppy, as her patched-together coastal world starts to crumble. Her father falls prey to a sickness, and her home is destroyed, as giant horned boars, called Aurochs, are freed from icy prisons…
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Editor's Note: We're re-running Germain's review of this film from Sundance, as Beasts of the Southern Wild is in theaters now, and very much deserves your attention. When the film world converged on Park City, Utah for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, several movies were highly anticipated. Beasts of the Southern Wild was not one…
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Forget costumed heroes, vampire hunters, rogue assassins, and '80s action stars -- the summer flick I'm really dying to see centers around a six-year-old girl. Beasts of the Southern Wild, a fantasy drama from first-time director Benh Zeitlin, flew almost completely under the radar before it hit Sundance in January. In the months since, however,…
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Almost every year, people leave the Sundance Film Festival talking about a film no one had heard of before the festival began. This year, that movie - without a shadow of a doubt - was the breathtaking Beasts of the Southern Wild. Benh Zeitlin's directorial debut creates a fascinating and magical new world that both feels…
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Briefly: The problem with following film news but not attending the Sundance Film Festival is that each year, there are a few highly praised titles that take forever to hit regular theaters. Take Sound of My Voice, for example. Though it helped mark Brit Marling as one of the hottest talents to emerge from last…
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As I've started to read about the Sundance film Beasts of the Southern Wild (check our review here), what keeps coming to mind is something like the early films of David Gordon Green filtered through the sensibility of author China Mieville. The film shows us the world through the eyes of a six-year old girl,…
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Fox Searchlight has become a big buyer at Sundance in the past couple years, and this year has already picked up two of the most acclaimed films playing the fest. Last night the company grabbed the rights to the John Hawkes/Helen Hunt film The Surrogate, which is already generating Oscar talk for next year thanks…
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Sundance has announced the 12 projects they have chosen for the 2009 Directors and Screenwriters lab. Why should you care? Well because the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program has hand picked some of the most original filmmakers of the last 28 years. Here are some of the films that have come out of the program:…
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